diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index b22d1a1b..c0c3a99e 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Just running *kak* launch a new kak session with a client on local terminal.
        server will keep running even if there is no connected client, and
        will quit when receiving SIGTERM.
  * +-p <session>+: read stdin, and then send its content to the given session
-       this way kak act as a remote control.
+       acting as a remote control.
 
 At startup, if +-n+ is not specified, Kakoune will try to source the file
 ../share/kak/kakrc relative to the kak binary. This kak file will then try